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Portals 2.0 flesh out their product lines — Tristan Louis has compiled some excellent comparison charts of products across the Big 4 Internet companies - Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL [nb: Tristan's site was down when I checked, but you can also access his post here on Google cache].

Tis A Season To Copy — Just came back from the best Starbucks on the planet - the one outside 50 California Street. They are all decked out already with holiday trimmings, and that put me in a jolly mood. Hence the headline! With enough caffeine pumping, let me take a gander at one of the most provacative headlines of the day.

Mobile phones making a monkey out of Japanese — Going bananas over mobile phones for so many years is turning Japanese into monkeys, according to Sapio (11/23). — Nobuo Masataka, a professor at the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute and author of the monster best seller …

And the Emmy for Best Actor on iPods Goes to ... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 - The newest award in broadcasting excellence gives new meaning to the line Gloria Swanson made famous in "Sunset Boulevard": "I am big. It's the pictures that got small." — The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences …

Nintendo hints at coming price war — Revolution may lowball competitors to help attract consumer eyes. — Game Over is a weekly column by Chris Morris — NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - While the Xbox 360 is going to be dominating the media spotlight for the next few weeks (and possibly months) …

SAP dismisses open source innovation — 'IP socialism is the worst that can happen,' argues SAP president Shai Agassi — Open source will fail to deliver innovation and is more likely to break applications, according to Shai Agassi, president of the product and technology group at SAP.

UPDATE: Google Weighing Test Of Print Ads In Newspapers — NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Google Inc. (GOOG) is considering testing print advertisements in Chicago newspapers, in a sign that the Internet giant, to date seen primarily as a threat to traditional media, could also become an ally.

Man buys virtual space station for $100,000 — NEW YORK — In one of the largest sales yet of property in an online game, a Miami resident has bought a virtual space station for $100,000 and wants to turn it into a cross between Jurassic Park and a disco. — Jon Jacobs, a director …

Exclusive: Microsoft Hits Windows Vista Beta 2 Delays — Sources at the company told me this week that Microsoft will soon delay the release of Windows Vista Beta 2 from December 7, 2005 to sometime in January or February 2006. However, because the Vista development schedule is extremely time constrained …

A misguided attempt at macho advertising — I came across this ad, in the form of a multi-page booklet, while thumbing through the lastest car mag to arrive in my mailbox (I think it was Car And Driver). OK, the cover's kind of amusing, so I thought I'd page further into it.

Apple's Growing Army of Converts — Windows users are trying Macs in increasing numbers — and it's not just a function of the iPod "halo effect — Nothing fires up a group of Mac users like the chance to score a convert — except maybe the chance to offer an opinion on what Mac someone should buy.

LINK SPAM DETECTION BASED ON MASS ESTIMATION — Not sure how many people believe TrustRank is in effect in the current Google algorithm, but I would be willing to bet it is. Recently another link quality research paper came out by the name of Link Spam Detection Based on Mass Estimation [PDF].

Get TiVo for only 16.95* including the box! — Interesting, it looks like TiVo's moving to the cellphone business model completely, offering a free TiVo box for a slightly higher monthly charge. No word on if the monthly changes after the 1 year contract is up, but great to see TiVo trying new stuff.

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